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Here's a crazy idea: why not just let people post notices in public places to promote their events and not bother trying to enforce a bylaw against it at all?
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Here's a crazy idea: why not just let people post notices in public places to promote their events and not bother trying to enforce a bylaw against it at all?
- pyre 17y agoGreat idea! I'll paste my poster over top of that stop sign over there! It'll have great visibility!
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoHere's an idea: let's assume most people aren't idiots. That way we don't have to ban an entire sweep of activities on the basis of a marginal edge case.
- pyre 17y ago> let's assume most people aren't idiots That's where you're thinking breaks down though. There are a large enough portion of idiots to ruin things for 'the rest of us.'
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoAnd yet countless actual cities manage just fine without draconian anti-postering policies.
- jcl 17y agoPretty much for the same reasons that graffiti is illegal: Public places are often private property. Someone has to pay to sandblast or paint over those eyesores. And the broken window theory says crime increases in areas that are not well-maintained.